Ligue 2 (Week 16) : Lens defeats Le Havre 1-0
FRANCE, Nov. 25, 2016 (AMP) — Ligue 2 / Match day 16: After a 0-0 draw with Amiens SC on November 19, HAC lost 1-0 against Lens.
45 minutes of play and neither Lens nor Le Havre have managed to pull ahead. 0-0 at half time. Everything was settled in the second period with a saving goal by Lopez Cristian in the 51st minute.
Lens climbed to third place with 26 points from 16 games, 2 points behind Stade Brest, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Ligue 2 table (as of November 25, 2016) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Troyes | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 31 |
| 2 | Brest | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 28 |
| 3 | Lens | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 26 |
| 4 | Le Havre | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Reims | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| 6 | Sochaux | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 25 |
| 7 | Amiens SC | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 8 | Niort | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 20 | 1 | 24 |
| 9 | RC Strasbourg | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Nimes | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 22 |
| 11 | Valenciennes | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 21 |
| 12 | Ajaccio | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 18 | -1 | 20 |
| 13 | Clermont | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -1 | 20 |
| 14 | GFC Ajaccio | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 15 | -1 | 20 |
| 15 | Bourg-Peronnas | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 21 | -1 | 19 |
| 16 | Red Star | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 15 |
| 17 | Laval | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 14 |
| 18 | Orleans | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | -7 | 14 |
| 19 | Tours | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 19 | 29 | -10 | 13 |
| 20 | Auxerre | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -11 | 11 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 2 2016-2017
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Overview
Lens
- Position: 3 +3
- Best performance of the season:Lens 4-2 Orleans (20 Sep.)
- Previous game:Auxerre 1-1 Lens (18 Nov.)
- Next game:Laval - Lens (29 Nov.)
Le Havre AC
- Position: 4 -1
- Best performance of the season:Clermont 1-3 Le Havre (14 Oct.)
- Previous game:Le Havre 0-0 Amiens SC (19 Nov.)
- Next game:Le Havre - RC Strasbourg (29 Nov.)
Lens
1:0
Le Havre
1:0 (0:0)
- 25 November 2016
- 20:00
- Lens
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Troyes | 31 |
| 2 |  Brest | 28 |
| 3 | Lens | 26 |
| 4 | Le Havre | 26 |
| 5 |  Reims | 26 |
Week 16 Results
| Friday 25 November 2016 | ||||
| Troyes | 1-0 | Clermont |  |
 | GFC Ajaccio | 0-1 | Sochaux |  |
| RC Strasbourg | 1-0 | Laval |  | |
| Lens | 1-0 | Le Havre | |
 | Orleans | 0-2 | Valenciennes |  |
 | Bourg-Peronnas | 4-1 | Red Star |  |
 | Nimes | 3-0 | Reims | |
 | Tours | 2-1 | Auxerre |  |
 | Niort | 1-1 | Ajaccio |  |
| Saturday 26 November 2016 | ||||
| Amiens SC | 15:10 | Brest | | |